Where does “زمان” come from?
زمان (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.
Ancestry of “زمان”, step by step
زمان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian زمان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زمان | time; season; epoch |
| 2 | Old Persian | *jamānā | time |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *ǰámaHnaH | time, occasion |
via Arabic زَمَان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | زَمَان | — |